Specialties
- Brain metastases
- Chordoma, chondrosarcoma, and other clival tumors
- Craniofacial and sinonasal tumors
- Glioblastomas and other gliomas
- Hydrocephalus
- Meningiomas
- Other skull base tumors
- Pituitary tumors
- Vestibular schwannomas
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I am excited to work with our many WashU Medicine collaborators to provide comprehensive, cutting-edge approaches to treating and curing patients with brain tumors.
Dr. Patel
Education
MD, Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
2011 – 2015
BS, Brown University
Providence, RI
2007 – 2011
Residency
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
2015 – 2022
Fellowship
Skull Base Neurosurgery Fellowship
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA
2023 – 2024
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship
Laboratory of Felix Sahm, MD, PhD
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
German Cancer Research Center
Heidelberg, Germany
2022 – 2023
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, Laboratory of Albert H. Kim, MD, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
2019 – 2022
Research focus
The unifying theme of my research interests is multi-omic characterization of skull base tumors to identify mechanisms and markers of clinical behavior that can inform management of these tumors both inside and outside the operating room.
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Skull Base Molecular Neuro-oncology Laboratory (Patel Lab)
Dedicated to unraveling the intricate molecular mechanisms underlying tumors of the skull base.
Honors and leadership roles
- AANS William P. Van Wagenen Fellowship, 2022
- CNS Preuss Research Award for Best Tumor Basic Science Research Abstract, 2021
- Washington University School of Medicine Class of 2015 Grand Marshall, 2015
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
- American College of Surgeons (ACS)
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (ΑΩΑ), Washington University School of Medicine,
Hospital affiliations
Barnes-Jewish Hospital